10 Stupid Questions New Mothers Have to Hear, and the Correct Responses

Recently, we shared a video from Huffington Post titled, 48 Things Women Hear In A Lifetime (That Men Just Don’t). Rashmi Deshpande, who has been a mom for about a year now, left us a note saying she could write a book about things people have said to her since she’s had her daughter. We said, Challenge? She said, Accepted! So here’s a list of 10 things new moms hear that make us all want to vaanthi – and how to deal with the people who say these things.

As a new mom, I’ve really come to appreciate the divide between the haves and the have nots. The haves get to sleep in till 11 AM, or an entire night without waking up to feed a hungry mouth at 1AM, then change a dirty diaper at 3AM, rock a sleepy baby at 5AM before getting up to empty a full bladder at 6AM, thereby making it pointless to go back to sleep.

The haves also get Saturdays and Sundays off, they have friends they can talk nicely to, and hang out with. They get time to exercise, watch movies in a real theatre, stay out all night, take romantic vacations, and choose what they want to eat. So why should they also be able to say stupid things to new moms and get away with it?

Well this mommy’s not taking any more poop (except from my baby, that is)! I’ve developed a verbal armoury that I’m not ashamed to use. So if you’re a new mom and you feel a stupid person assault coming on, here’s how you can get back at them.